Blood metal levels and metal-influenced immune functions of harbour seals in captivity

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 764-769

  Kakuschke, Antje ^a   Valentine Thon, Elizabeth ^b   Griesel, Simone ^a   Rosenberger, Tanja ^c   Mundry, Roger ^d,e   Siebert, Ursula ^d   Prange, Andreas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Center Bremen   (Germany)

^c Seal Centre Friedrichskoog EV   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Harbour seals; Immunotoxicity; Lymphocyte proliferation test; MELISA; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HARBOUR SEALS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION TESTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; METAL; PINNIPED; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNE STATUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; SEAL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METALS; NORTH SEA; PHOCA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41349084556     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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